part 11 of LOVE LOST LOVE GAINED.

Carmen’s breathe caught in her throat as she saw Shane stood there leaning sexily against the bar. She sees Shane give her a small almost bashful smile.
Carmen just stares but then realizes that she needs to change tracks again. As she does so Mel walks back to her job, smiling knowingly. Carmen looks back up when Mel walks away and sees that Shane is no longer there.

Shane watched Mel’s every move she made. She knew when Carmen spotted her as her eyes widened; she smiled sheepishly leaning against the bar. She nodded her head as Carmen lent over the decks, knowing that that was as far as she could go tonight and maybe tomorrow she could get up the courage to talk to her.

“Going so soon Shane?”
“Yeah Jake. Thanks for letting me in”
“That’s okay, so you and Carmen go way back?”
“Umm kinda, look I have to go but is Carmen playing here tomorrow?”
Tom shook his head. “Nope tomorrow is Sunday, she only plays Thursday through to Saturday. The other nights are different themed, genre nights. It’s to attract different clientele”
“Okay thanks again for letting me in. Guess I will see you Thursday.”
“night Shane.” Jake said as she walked away, both of them wondering what had happened and what was going to happen between Shane and Carmen.

Carmen walked out of the club after helping tidy up. She was shattered, it had been a long night, even longer when she had seen Shane. The hours seemed to go by slowly.
“Hey Alice, it’s me” she spoke into her phone. “Yeah I have just finished, it was a busy night”
“So did you see her again?”
Carmen walked down the sidewalk, hailing a cab as it drove past. “Yeah I did.”
“And?”
“One minute”
Alice heard mumbling in the background
“Sorry I just got into a cab”
“so what happened?”
“she ordered me a drink. It was her last night, but tonight she stayed around long enough for me to know it was her who bought it.”
“See I told you she was working her way up. I don’t think she just wants to throw it in your face that she is back”
“Yeah I know. It was sweet of her”
“So are you going to see her?”
“I’m not sure.”
“Well you have the hotel she is staying at.”
“I know. Look Al I best go, I’ll talk to you later. Take care. Night”
“Night Carm”